cx_Oracle entry point error

[lblr33@yahoo.com]

I downloaded cx_Oracle from
http://www.cxtools.net/default.aspx?nav=cxorlb and selected the windows
installer for Oracle 8i, Python 2.4
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>From the readme.txt file:[/color]
BINARY INSTALL:
Place the file cx_Oracle.pyd or cx_Oracle.so anywhere on your Python
path.

So I tried this and set PYTHONPATH.

I then created a script called ora_conn.py with one line:
import cx_Oracle

When I run the script (c:\python24\py thon.exe ora_conn.py) I get this
error in a pop-up box:

"The procedure entry point OCIEnvCreate could not be located in the
dynamic link ligrary OCI.dll

The bottom line of what I want to do is to connect to an oracle
database without having to create an ODBC connection on the individual
PC.

Any ideas? Thanks.

[Albert Leibbrandt]

Re: cx_Oracle entry point error

lblr33@yahoo.co m wrote:
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>I downloaded cx_Oracle from
>http://www.cxtools.net/default.aspx?nav=cxorlb and selected the windows
>installer for Oracle 8i, Python 2.4
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>>From the readme.txt file:[/color]
>BINARY INSTALL:
>Place the file cx_Oracle.pyd or cx_Oracle.so anywhere on your Python
>path.
>
>So I tried this and set PYTHONPATH.
>
>I then created a script called ora_conn.py with one line:
>import cx_Oracle
>
>When I run the script (c:\python24\py thon.exe ora_conn.py) I get this
>error in a pop-up box:
>
>"The procedure entry point OCIEnvCreate could not be located in the
>dynamic link ligrary OCI.dll
>
>The bottom line of what I want to do is to connect to an oracle
>database without having to create an ODBC connection on the individual
>PC.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>
>[/color]
are you running on windows or linux?
On both of these os's I only needed to install the binary. Have a look
at this page on sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=84168

cheers
albert